Automatic fan



GEORGE W. ZEIGLER, OF TIFFIN, OHIO.

AUTOMATIC FAN.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 23,739', dated April 19, 1859*.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, G. W. ZEIGLER, of Tiflin, in the county of Senecaand State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement inAutomatic Fans for Bedsteads; and I do hereby declare that the followingis a full, clear, and eXact description of the same, reference being hadto the annexed drawing, forming part of this specification, in theseveral figures of which similar characters of reference denote the samepart.

Figure l is an end view of bedstead showing my improvement and itsmechanism. Fig. 2 is a side view of the same. Fig. 3 is a view of theescapement wheel.

The nature of my invention consists in the arrangement of certain leverson which the bedposts rest in combination with an escapement wheel, withwhich they are connected by a cord wound around the shaft of the wheel,the said wheel having an arm connected by a rod, with a pendulum rod,and ball, attached to the head of the bed, and to which is suspended theswinging frame or brush, the weight of the occupant of bed acting on thelevers causes the cord to unwind, and turns the wheel, the flanges ofwhich coming in contact with the arm, causes vthe pendulum rod, withwhich it is connected by a rod, to vibrate, and thus the brush swingsover the bed, it also has a weight attached to each end, which assistsits motion.

In the drawing a represents the bedstead, B the levers on which thebedposts rest at the sockets 9 and connected at letter n with the leverB which rests on the socket 9 at Fig. 2, and to which is attached at 8the cord wound around the shaft of escapemeiit wheel F, having an arm Econnected by rod D with the pendulum rod c having its bearing on thebedstead at g, the frame of the brush lo being connected with thependulum rod c at I-I.

g-g are the weights attached to each end of the brush, and I is theconnection of the wheel with the bed, and 4 is ball on the end ofpendulum rod.

rlhe weight of the occupant of the bed acting on the levers B causes thecord 8 to unwind from the shaft of the wheell F and turns the wheel thusbringing the flanges of the wheel in contact with the roller of the armE as shown at 7 in Fig. 3 and causing it to move to and fro and from itsconnection by rod D with pendulum rod c also causes it to vibrate thusputting in motion the swinging brush lc, the weights g g to the endwhich also assisting in keeping it in motion.

The mode of operation is as follows: The cord m being wound around theshaft of wheel F, by a small key, it is not put in motion until the bedis occupied, when the weight of the occupant causes the levers todescend, and'acting on the -lever B by its connection at fn, presses itdown, and drawing upon the cord m unwinds it, and turns the wheel F, andthe roller of lever E passing between the flanges of the escapementwheel, puts it in mot-ion, and vibrates the pendulum by means of itsconnection by rod D, thus swinging the fan or brush over the bed as itis attached to pendulum at H, the weights g-g assist in keeping it inmotion.

Having thus described the construction and operation of my improvement Iclaim- The combination of the levers B B supporting the bedstead, withthe escapement wheel F lever E, pendulum and fan, together with theparts connecting the same, for operating the fan from the weight of theoccupant of the bed as described.

GEORGE WV. ZEIGLER.

Witnesses:

JEssE I-I. LEIDY, J. WV. BRADLEY, WALTER BUNTING.

